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Father arrested after refusing to bring child out of smoke-filled house

A Shepherdsville father is facing criminal charges after police said he refused to bring his 4-year-old out of a house filled with smoke.

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Updated: 11:14 PM EDT Mar 16, 2016

Father arrested after refusing to bring child out of smoke-filled house

A Shepherdsville father is facing criminal charges after police said he refused to bring his 4-year-old out of a house filled with smoke.

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Updated: 11:14 PM EDT Mar 16, 2016

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WEBVTT WAS SEEING AND SMELLING SMOKE, BUT HER DAD WAS ASLEEP. SHE SAID, I SMELL SMOKE, AND I CAME OUT AND I DIDN'T SMELL ANYTHING. LAUREN: JOHN HUGHES' WIFE HAD ASKED HIM TO CHECK OUT AROUND 9:00 TUESDAY NIGHT. FINDING NOTHING, HE WENT BK INSIDE BUT MINUTES LATER, POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS ARRID TO THE HOME NEXT DOOR ON BEECH GROVE ROAD. DEPUTY CHIEF TERRY WHITTAKER WITH THE SHEPH DEPARTMENT LEARNED THERE WAS NOT ONLY SMOKE INSIDE THE HOME, BU A FOUR-YEAR-OLD, AND HER FATHER WHO REFUSED TO ANSWER THE DOOR. >> THE DECISION WAS FINALLY MADE TO FORCE ENTRY AS WE WERE FORCING ENTRY, THE FATHER FINALLY DECIDED TO OPEN THE DOOR. LAUREN: ONCE INSIDE, FIRST RESPONDERS STEPPED INTO A HAZE OF SMOKE. >> THERE HAD BEEN FOOD ON THE STOVE. IT HAD NOT ACTUALLY CAUGHT FI , HOWEVER. JUDGING BY THE PAN, WAS PROBABLY FAIRLY CLOSE. >> THAT COULD HAVE LED TO A VERY, VERY QUI THE KITCHEN, AND INDEED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. BUT KEN BERNARDI WITH SHEPHERDSVILLE PD SAYS T LITTLE GIRL PREVENTED THAT. SHE CALLED HR, THE SMOKE, AND THE MOTHER CALLED 911. POLICE SAY 41-YEAR-OLD JOHN FINT SR. WAS PASSED OUT ON THE COUCH, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. >> ANY TIM THAT A CHILD IS ENDANGERED THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF AN ADULT, IT'S A BAD THING. TO HAVE THE CHILD ENDANGERED THE ACTIONS OF THEIR OWN FATHER MAKES IT VERY, VERY BAD ALL THE WAY AROUND. LAUREN: BUT NEIGHBOR JOHN HUGHES SAYS FROM WHAT HE'S SEEN, JO

Father arrested after refusing to bring child out of smoke-filled house

A Shepherdsville father is facing criminal charges after police said he refused to bring his 4-year-old out of a house filled with smoke.